I hope this post prevents one of my users or students avoid this tech support scam malware infection. This past week I had a client drop of a laptop with what he thought was a problem with windows 10, its license and its files. The laptop would turn on an as soon as the user […]
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How to work from home while quarantined.
Connect to your PC from out of the office With all that is going on in the world today many users have requested to work from home during these hard times. This usually involves complicated software or VPN connections to work properly. Many larger companies provide this service to their employees but many small companies […]
How to move DHCP from one server to another.
I recently installed a new server in a clients office and upgraded it to a domain controller as part of decommissioning an older server. The old server was running the DHCP server for the office. This article will list the steps used to move DHCP to the new server. There are several ways to accomplish […]
How to Migrate from FRS to DFSR SYSVOL using dfsrmig
Error while promoting new Windows Domain Controller While trying to add a new Windows 2019 server to a Microsoft Windows Domain and then dcpromo it to a domain controller I was presented with the following error. “Verification of replica failed. The specified domain [DomainName] is still using the File Replication Service (FRS) to replicate the […]
“The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network.
“The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network. I have a client with a Windows 7 pc with a folder that is shared on their network (Workgroup). Sometime last week, after Windows Updates were installed, the other pcs on the local network could no longer browse the network or map a network drive to […]
Keyboard appears to be typing backwards
I just had a client give me a call and state that their Windows 10 pc keyboard was typing backwards. At first I was not sure what this meant so I visited this client in person. Indeed the keystrokes the user was typing were displaying to the left of the last character. At first I […]
How to retrieve a Windows 7 Product Key
I have not posted an “It Fixed it for me” article in a while. Here is one that may help someone else. Have you ever needed to reinstall your operating system due to a failed hard drive, severe virus infection or just want a fresh start but realize that you either lost your Windows 7 […]
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The Best Free Software to Install on Your New Computer
For the students in my “Intro to Personal Computers” class. Here is a good article (not created by me) that goes over some of the many software we talked about in class. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-free-software-to-install-on-your-new-laptop-1831228091 The list includes Firefox – Web Browser LibreOffice – Office Applications GIMP – Image Editing Pixlr – Image Editing Google Photos – Image Editing […]
Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys
Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys Reference Card For my students in the Introduction to Personal Computers classes (or any Microsoft software class realy), below is a good quick reference guide for using Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys. This is very good for all Windows users to have handy as there are many shortcut keys to remember for […]